PREVIEW : The defending champions Mohun Bagan to play against Aizwal FC in the opening encounter of 2015-16 edition of I League at the artificial turf of Vidyasagar Kriangan at Barasat.
Aizwal FC the debutante in the competition is the third team from the North Eastern states after Shillong Lajong FC and Royal Wahingdoh.

Aizwal FC will play their opening match ever in League with a lot of promises and expectation as they were the unbeaten champions in the Mizoram League. The team is managed by a Spanish coach Manuiel Retamero Friley since last six months. The main target of Manuiel is to place his team in a respectable position in I league.The team comprises of talented youths along with four foreign recruits. The foreigners include Japanese midfielder Yuta Kinowaki, forward Atsushi Yonezawa , Nizerian striker Alfred and central defender Emmanual Chigozie.

Mohun Bagan on the contrary are keen to continue their winning run. Though some footballers are busy in office football tournament but Sanjay Sen, the Mohun Bagan chief coach feels that he has some good footballers in his armary to combat against Aizwal FC. While interacting Sanjay Sen said that he believes in team effort and each footballer have to prove himself before he is included in the first eleven. Mohun Bagan had an unimpressive performance in the CFL, but undoubtedly
the after the inclusion of Cornell Glen, Balwant Singh, Jeje Lalpeklua and Sony Nordi in the upfront the Mariners are now all set to put up a strong challenge in their I league mission.